单词 | micturient |
释义 | † micturientadj. Obsolete. rare. Wishing to urinate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [adjective] > urination micturient1654 retromingent1692 mingent1705 urinablec1900 widdling1963 piddling1968 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxii. 274 Which..gave Sancho to perceive his condition very micturient, and cacaturient. 1887 G. Meredith Let. 22 Sept. (1970) II. 890 O what a micturient, cacaturient crew has issued of the lens of the Sun of the mind on the lower facts of life! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmasmicturient Occurring first in a few direct adoptions from Latin, as parturient (1592), †micturient (1654), esurient (a1672), and hence occasionally added to Latin stems to form adjectives with the meaning ‘desiring, characterized by a desire, (to do something)’, as in †novaturient (1679), nupturient, † vomiturient (1666). ΚΠ 1878 Eagle (St. John's Coll., Cambr.) X. 81 The vapid concourse of dangling men and nupturient maids. < adj.1654 as lemmas |
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